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“concurren” and “concurrir” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,123
“concurren” frequency rank
#23,722
“concurrir” frequency rank
62845
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurren concurrir
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de concurrir. Hacerse presente algo o alguien en un lugar y tiempo en que otros también lo hacen.

Where the eye mixes concurren and concurrir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concurren and concurrir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
concurren
9 ch
concurrir

Visual trap between concurren and concurrir

A purely visual mix-up. concurren ([kõŋˈkurẽn]) and concurrir ([kõŋkuˈriɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62845, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concurren is recorded at frequency rank #39,123, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈkurẽn]. concurrir is at rank #23,722, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋkuˈriɾ].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 62845, this pair ranks #50,674 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concurren vs concurrir

Shared letters: cnoru. Private to "concurren": e. Private to "concurrir": i.

"concurren" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "concurrir" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurren ← cconcurren · cnocurren · cocnurren · conccurren · concruren · concuren · concurern · concurrenn
  • concurrir ← cconcurrir · cnocurrir · cocnurrir · conccurrir · concrurir · concurir · concurirr · concurrirr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concurren" for "concurrir" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈkurẽn] versus [kõŋkuˈriɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "concurren" or "concurrir" show up more?
"concurrir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,722 in our Spanish list, against #39,123 for "concurren". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "concurren" and "concurrir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concurren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,674 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurren" and "concurrir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concurren vs concurrente". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #50,674 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list